ShoreView Invests in Diversified Search; Diversified Search Acquires Koya Leadership Partners
June 1, 2019
ShoreView Industries has made a minority/growth investment in Diversified Search to provide liquidity to certain shareholders and capital to support the firm's add-on acquisition strategy. Shortly after the investment, Diversified Search completed the acquisition of Koya Leadership Partners, a Newburyport, Massachusetts-based retained executive search firm focused on non-profit and higher education clients.
- Buyers
- ShoreView Industries, LLC, Diversified Search, LLC
- Targets
- Koya Leadership Partners, LLC
- Sellers
- Certain shareholders
- Platforms
- Diversified Search, LLC
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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